Pearse Doherty

To ensure appropriate legal framework for credit unions is secured, in particular relating to provisions on lending and investments

To encourage stronger support for pro-community policies in government and among politicians

to obtain introduction of a VAT Compensation scheme in Budget 2018

Competitiveness::Competitiveness - Low Cost Loans - Government funding is required in Budget 2018 to support the competiveness of farming enterprises and other SMEs through the provision of low cost loans, to fund both ongoing working capital requirements and for on-farm…

Income Volatility::Income Volatility - Extending Income Averaging to Farmer/Spouse with Additional Self-Employment - that qualification for income averaging on farming profits should be extended where the spouse and/or farmer has a fully separable source of self-employed…

To secure a strong CAP budget post 2020. This is critical for farm incomes, farm output and wider economic activity.::To ensure that there is no reduction in the CAP budget arising from the UK exit::To ensure that options for addressing a shortfall in the CAP budget must…

Remove restrictions on planting productive marginal land::Reintroduce farmer forest premium payment differential::Compensate farmers appropriately for all land they are obliged to set aside for environmental enhancement::Reduce red tape in the forest Road Scheme::Providing…

Protection of land and farmers' livelihoods in areas of flooding

To secure Government Support for the shortage of Fodder in the country::To secure a feed and transport subsidy for affected farmers

To demonstrate that the recommendations have missed an opportunity to finally address the inflexibility of farming by date when it comes to the spreading of organic manures.::To demonstrate that the proposal to restrict livestock access to waters and require water flow…

That the Finance Act 2017 must provide that stamp duty on land purchased / transferred and used for farming remains at 2% rate; qualifying criteria to avail of this would be the same applied by Revenue for definition of active farmer, as for Agriculture relief.::With…

That Stamp Duty would remain at the 2% rate in the Finance Act 2017 for land that is purchased or transferred and used for farming.::That the qualifying criteria for this would be the same as Revenue currently applies to define an active farmers for other agricultural taxation…

That the derogation continues::That the transitional arrangements are included in the full scope of the Nitrates Regulations review

Increased political support for progressing the Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill, fossil fuel extraction bills, and increased ambition in the NMP

Support for meeting the target to provide 0.7% GNI in ODA, outlining a multi-annual plan to achieve it and ensuring aid quality effectiveness.